FedEx Corp. is committing $120,500 in grant prizes to 10 U.S.-based small businesses as part of this year’s sixth annual small business grant contest -- and the top business stands to win more than $25,000 in cash and business services.

The percentage of U.S. small-business owners who believe that "now is a good time to expand" reached a new high in January, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Economic Trends Survey.